we're moments away from secretary of state john kerry's news conference that is going to take place in paris. much more coverage when al jazeera america returns. ♪ russia, as long as none of us are inside of >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. we are following breaking news right now. a un envoy being seized outside of a cafe in crimea. nick schifrin is there right now. nick it is my understanding we have now heard from the envoy himself? >> reporter: well, we're not sure necessarily we have heard from him, himself. we have heard via the journalists who were with him that he has agreed to leave crimea, that was apparently one of the demands of the people who threatened him over the last hour or so. we saw him in a cafe being held essentially by militia members who was outside, in uniform. they were holding him in that cafe. at some point he agreed to leave crimea, and that's when a large group of prorussian demonstrators arrived at the cafe, created a corridor, through which he was bought by the militia members inside the car in the passenger's seat w